Updates

Happy New Year! As we reflect on the close of 2025, we are filled with deep gratitude for each and every one of you. Your overwhelming support of our year-end campaign and Christmas wishlist was remarkable. Thanks to your generosity, we surpassed our $150,000 goal, helping prepare us to best serve the children and families in our programs throughout 2026.

Inspired by this same spirit of generosity, we coordinated a special day of service just before Christmas for participants in our Bridge Program. The Bridge Program includes young adults in our university scholarship program, work-study program, and our transition program for young women aging out of the Mission Home. As we walk alongside these young adults in their pursuit of professional careers, economic independence, and a more stable future, we believe it is equally important to nurture their own commitment to serving others.

Led by Jenny, our Bridge Program Coordinator and a Mission Santa Maria alumna, twenty-four of our young adults spent the day serving the elderly in our local community. Together, they helped coordinate and prepare and host a party including a Mass service, cooked and served a communal lunch, and assembled and distributed food bags for participants to take home. The day was received with great joy, especially the time spent connecting and sharing stories across generations.

We shared a few photos from the day of service here. They reflect not only the care provided to the elderly community, but also the generosity and leadership growing in our young adults—thanks to you.